Combined trunk and wardrobe.



A. JOZSY.

COMBINED TRUNK AND WARDROBE.

APPLICATION FILED APRS, 1914.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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A. JOZSY.

COMBINED TRUNK AND WARDROBE.

APPLIUATION FILED una, 1914.

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COMBINED TRUNK AND WARDROBB.

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ALEXANDER JOZSY, OF NEW'4 YORK, N. Y.

' COMBINED TRUNK AND WARDROBE.

Application filed April 3, 1914.

p To all whom it may concern:

K invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Combined Trunks and l/Vardrobes,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to convertible trunks and wardrobes, its main object being to provide a trunk which may be used for ordinary traveling purposes and which,

when occasion requires, can be easily and conveniently converted so as to .serve as a wardrobe.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk which can be manufactured on-a commercial scale, or in other words one that is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article. Y

With these and lother objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the Same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction ofrparts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being Vunderstood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the trunk;- Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device converted into a wardrobe; Fig. 3 is 1a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4L is a section taken on line of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a detail of construction;l andFig. 6 is a section take through a detail of construction.

ln the drawings, 'the numeral 10 indicates the bottom of the trunk, to which are rigidly fastened an end 11, a side 12 and a side 13. lEach of these sides is made of two sections, of which the larger ones, denoted by the numerals 141, are attached to the bottom 10, while the smaller' ones, in the form of strips 15, are hinged at 16 to the sections 14, and are adapted to be folded onto the latter sections, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2G, 1915. Serial No. 829,285.

the drawings. The end 17 of the trunk is attached to a leaf 18, that is slidably disposed in guides 19, the latter being carried by the sides of the trunk in parallel relation to the bottom 10. To insure a proper motion of the leaf 18 relative to the .bottom of the trunk and to support the end 17 in a proper manner, when the trunk is extended to form a wardrobe, the sides 12 and 13 of the trunk are provided with guides 20, in the form of channel-irons, in each of which is slidably disposed a guide rod 21 preferably made of two interconnected sections 22 and 23, the section 22 carrying at that end,

ing folded onto the side 13 when the device is converted into a trunk (Figs. 3 and t), but is adapted to be swung around its hinges to form a continuation of the side 13, when the device is extended to form a wardrobe (Fig. 2). To the end 17 of the trunk is attached a spring 29, which carries a lug 30, that is adapted to enter a socket in the free edge of the leaf 28 when the trunk is extended to form a wardrobe (Fig. 6). A push button 31, also attached to the spring 29,V serves to facilitate the disengagement of the lug 30 from said socket. To the section 1i of the side 12 is hinged at 32 a leaf 33, that is folded onto the side 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, when the furniture is collapsed in the form of a trunk, but is adapted to swing around its whichis near the end 17 of thef trunk, a spring 241- having a lug 25 which is hinges to form a continuation of said side (Fig. 2) ,la spring 29 and a lug 30 beingprovided `to coperate with the leaf 33 in the same manner as the similar elements cooperate with the leaf 28.

To the leaf 33 is hinged at 311 a cover 35, to which, in turn, is hinged at 3G a leaf 37. The leaf 37 is normally folded onto the cover 35, but is adapted to swing around its hinges to form a continuation of said cover (Fig. 2). A catch 38, carried by the loaf 37, is adapted to engage a socket in the cover 35 when the said two elements are in their extended positions, thereby holding said leaf and cover in such positions. To the i 35, said two elements forming the fasten' leaf 37 is furthermore pivotally attached a retainer 39, having an arc-shaped slot 4.0in engagement with a lug 41, that is pivotally attached to the end 11 of the trunk. To hold the leaves 28 and 33 in their closed positions, there are provided inthe said leaves and in the end 11 of the trunk sockets 42 and 43, respectively, in which are adapted to be seated fingers 44 and 45, respectively,

i of clamps 46, the vsaid clamps carrying screw bolts 47 in parallel relation to said fingers, saidV screw bolts being adapted to be passed through openings in the end 11 of thetrunk and to be engaged by wing nuts 48. It is obvious that, when the said fingers are seated in their sockets and the nuts 48 are properly screwed up, the leaves JT* and 33 `will be held in closed positions relative totheir sides 1'3 and 12, respectively.

The bottom 10, end 11, leaves 28 and 33 and the cover of the trunk are provided with strengthening strips 49 and with suitable corner shields 50 for the well known purpose. Rollersl are carried by the end 11 and the bottom 1() of the trunk to facilitateiits transportation. Upon the leaf 28 is mounted a lock 52 and upon the cover of thev trunk a hasp 53, forming the y fastening or locking means of the trunk. The section 15 lof the slide 13 of the trunk carries a lock 54, which is adapted to copeijate with a` keeper 55 upon the leaf 37 of the cover ing means of the furniture when converted into a wardrobe. In the upper edge of the end of the trunk are formed recesses 56, in

which are adapted to be seated pins of an to the end 17 of the trunk.

extension piece 57, said extension piece serving to give the furniture a better supp'ort when extended into a wardrobe. In the latter case a head molding 58 is attached For this purpose in the upper edge of said end are formed recesses 59, into which fit dowel pins upon said molding. In parallel relation to the end 17 of the trunk is carried a bar 60,

1 i upon which is adapted to be hung a plurality of garment hangers, 61, etc.

VThe operation of this device is as follows: When the furniture is in the form of a trunk, the leaf 18, with the end 17 carried thereby, is telescoped into the body of the trunk. The clamps46 are engaged in a manner above described with the leaves 28 and 33 and the end 11 of the trunk. The lugs 25 upon the springs 24 are seated in the apertures 26 in the guides 20, thereby preventing the end 17 from being drawn out from the body of the trunk. The leaf 37 is folded back upon the cover 35, and the retainer 39 engaged with the lug 41. When in trunk form, the sections 15 of thesides are folded back upon the said sides, the extensions 57-and the head molding 58 being disposed below the side sections 15 in paraltom 10. The sections 15'of thev sides of theY trunk are shifted around their hinges'u'ntil they are disposed in the planes of the s'ec-V 'I tions 14 of said sides. The leaf 28 is then swung around its hinges until its free end contacts with the end; 17, in which position the lug 30 springs into the Vsocket in the said leaf. The "retainer 39 is'then disengaged from "the lug 41 and the leaf 3,3 with the cover l.and the leaf 37 hinged to the lati ter turned around the hinges 3.2funtil the corresponding lug 30 is seated in the soczket in the leaf 33. After this the leaf 37 is A swung around the hinges 36l andthe catch 38 engaged with lthe socket in the cover 35,

the latter with the leaf 37 forming then the door of the wardrobe. The lug 41'is then engaged with the retainerl 39, to limitfthe motion of the door upon the wardrobe. The

eXtension piece 57 and the head V'molding 58 are then put in place, the garment hangers 61 placed upon the bar 60, and the shelf boards 62 Put upon supports 63, which are attached in horizontal positions tothe sides of the trunk. To convert the wardrobe, obviously the reverse operations are necessary. It is to be observed that, in converting the trunk into a wardrobe, the leaves 28 and 33 are reversedY with the result that the strengthening strips 49 and the corner shields 50 are concealed from view.

It isv to be noted that, while herein specific means d have been described for locking the leaves 28 and 33 in position when the lfurniture is in both of its forms, any other suitable mechanisms may be made use of without departing from the invention.V .y

What I claim isz In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with a bottom, of an end and two sides rigidly attached thereto, a leaf slidably arranged in parallel relation to said bottom Y adapted to form a continuation of said bottom, an end rigidly attached to said leaf, means for holding said end in position relative to said bottom when said leaf is telescoped into the trunk, a leaf hinged to one of said sides folded thereonto but adapted 'i to be swung to form a continuation thereof, a second leaf in a similar manner hinged to the other one of said sides, a cover hinged to said last named leaf, a leaf hinged to said cover adapted to be folded thereonto but suited to be swung around its hinges to form a continuation of said cover, means New York, and State of New York, this for Xing said last named leaf upon said 18th day of March, A. D. 1914. cover when in the plane of the latter, and

means for holding in position the leaves ALEXANDER JOZSY' 5 which are hinged to said sides when folded Vitnesses:

thereonto. SIGMUND HERZOG,

Signed at New York, in the county of S. BIRNBAUM.

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